3.Phantom of the Opera: Journey to the Cemetery, The ~ Original Soundtrack

4.Phantom of the Opera: Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, The ~ Original Soundtrack

5.Phantom of the Opera: Wandering Child, The ~ Original Soundtrack

6.Phantom of the Opera: The Swordfight, The ~ Original Soundtrack

7.Phantom of the Opera: We Have All Been Blind, The ~ Original Soundtrack

8.Phantom of the Opera: Don Juan, The ~ Original Soundtrack

9.The Phantom of the Opera: The Point of No Return/Chandelier Crash: The Point Of No Return / Chandelier Crash ~ Original Soundtrack

10.The Phantom of the Opera: Down Once More/Track Down This Murderer: Down Once More / Track Down This Murderer ~ Original Soundtrack

11.Phantom of the Opera: Learn to Be Lonely, The - (featuring Minnie Driver) ~ Original Soundtrack

Contains a 2 CD Deluxe Collector's Edition, packaged in a 4 3/4" x 5" hardcover book with all of the music from the single disc plus other original score material featured in the film.

Sony Classical and Really Useful Records present the original soundtrack recording of music from director Joel Schumacher’s film of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, featuring one of the most popular musical theater scores of all time plus a new end-title song written especially for the film, “Learn To Be Lonely,” performed by singer/actress Minnie Driver, who also appears in the film. Produced by Really Useful Films and released by Warner Bros. Pictures, The Phantom of the Opera stars Scottish actor Gerard Butler in the title role and Emmy Rossum as Christine, with Tony and Emmy nominee Patrick Wilson.

Also working on the soundtrack recording are Andrew Lloyd Webber’s long-time creative collaborators, co-producer Nigel Wright and conductor and music supervisor Simon Lee. This highly talented team has brought together more than 100 hand-picked musicians from all over Europe for the recording sessions at London’s famous Abbey Road Studios.

Technical Info

Release Date : 11/23/2004

Catalog ID : 93522

Label : Really Useful/Sony Classical

Number of Discs : 2

Mono/Stereo : Stereo

SPAR Code : n/a

Detailed Track Info

1. The Phantom of the Opera, film score

Composer: Webber, Andrew L.

Date Written: 2004

Period: Contemporary

2. Overture

Composer: ,

Work Notes: This selection is a medley which includes "Hannibal" by .

3. The Phantom of the Opera, film score

Composer: Webber, Andrew L.

Date Written: 2004

Period: Contemporary

4. Little Lotte

Composer: ,

Work Notes: This selection is a medley which includes "The Mirror" by .

5. The Phantom of the Opera, film score

Composer: Webber, Andrew L.

Date Written: 2004

Period: Contemporary

6. I Remember

Composer: ,

Work Notes: This selection is a medley which includes "Stranger Than You Dream It" by .

7. The Phantom of the Opera: Notes/Prima Donna

Composer: Webber, Andrew L.

Date Written: 2004

Period: Contemporary

Work Notes: This selection is a medley which includes "Notes" by and "Prima Donna" by .

8. The Phantom of the Opera: Poor Fool, He Makes Me Laugh/Il Muto

Composer: Webber, Andrew L.

Date Written: 2004

Period: Contemporary

Work Notes: This selection is a medley which includes "Poor Fool, He Makes Me Laugh" by and "Il Muto" by .

9. The Phantom of the Opera: Why Have You Brought Me Here/Raoul I've Been There

Composer: Webber, Andrew L.

Date Written: 2004

Period: Contemporary

Work Notes: This selection is a medley which includes "Why Have You Brought Me Here" by and "Raoul I've Been There" by .

10. The Phantom of the Opera, film score

Composer: Webber, Andrew L.

Date Written: 2004

Period: Contemporary

11. Masquerade

Composer: ,

Work Notes: This selection is a medley which includes "Why So Silent" by .

12. The Phantom of the Opera: Madame Giry's Tale/The Fairground

Composer: Webber, Andrew L.

Date Written: 2004

Period: Contemporary

Work Notes: This selection is a medley which includes "Madame Giry's Tale" by and "The Fairground" by .

13. The Phantom of the Opera, film score

Composer: Webber, Andrew L.

Date Written: 2004

Period: Contemporary

14. The Point Of No Return

Composer: ,

Work Notes: This selection is a medley which includes "Chandelier Crash" by .

15. The Phantom of the Opera: Down Once More/Track Down This Murderer

Composer: Webber, Andrew L.

Date Written: 2004

Period: Contemporary

Work Notes: This selection is a medley which includes "Down Once More" by and "Track Down This Murderer" by .

16. The Phantom of the Opera, film score

Composer: Webber, Andrew L.

Date Written: 2004

Period: Contemporary

Performer: Driver, Minnie

Product Attributes

Artist:

Original Broadway Ca

Label:

Cbs/epic/wtg Records

Music Format:

Compact Disc

Customer Reviews of The Phantom Of The Opera (Extended Edition)

Most Recent Reviews

Phantom for the new millenium

12/4/2004

I had to shed all my preconcieved notions of how Phantom should sound before I decided to write this review.
It´s a great soundtrack! Let´s hope the movie is as great.
The music of Lloyd Webber has been re-orchestrated and great new music has been written for new sequences.
And the full symphony orchestra and choir make the climatic scenes much more effectives than in the Theater where the music was as big as a 26 piece orchestra could be.
I know I´m going to upset a lot of Michael Crawford fans but Gerard Butler is THE PHANTOM OF THE NEW MILLENIUM! His darker and a bit hoarse voice is much more appropiate for the darker scenes and his head voice is really tender and sweet when it needs to be like in "Music of the night". Michael Crawford is great but his much more lighter sound makes his Phantom a little less effective where the Phantom has to show anger and rage.
And of course the role I was waiting to hear the most was Christine. Yes Emmy Rossum has the range, yes her voice has the agility and yes she can hit the infamous Eb6. But there´s just something that doesn´t quite makes her THE CHRISTINE OF ...
Her singing seems at time strained and nasal and her voice color is not the one I had hoped for Christine. Her speaking voice is much more sexy and effective than her singing voice. But don´t get me wrong she´s still very good.
I have nothing to say of Patrick Wilson´s Raoul. His everything this (at times) ungratefull role needs to be.
I was very shoked when i first heard that Minnie Driver was cast as Carlotta because i assumed she would have to sing all of the decaying soprano´s parts herself. But of course the singing voice of Carlotta was done by a profesional opera singer Margaret Preece. I yet have to see Minnie´s on screen performance but the vocal performance of Mrs. Preece is a top one and adds the comic relief that Phantom at time needs so desperatly.
But THE greatest and most pleasing surprise from Minnie Driver was to hear her in the Ending Credits song "Learn to be lonely".
It´s a very simple, tender pop balad which in my opinion works perfectly in balance to the larger than life dramatic score of the movie. It has a similar effect the song "Into the west" had on me at the end of "Lord of the rings".
Minnie Driver is a superb singer. It´s a real shame there was nothing for her to sing in the rest of the movie.
I hope my review was helpfull!

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